On this episode, we continue our story with "Rin" in his teen years, the chosen child that would create the steps into heaven, and bring about the end of the world according to the cult "The Heavenly Path". While most people are naturally afraid of the dark, Rin is more afraid of daylight because the monsters that come out of the hole in the sky were stronger under the ultraviolet rays of the sun.

At night, it was a different story...Happy Halloween!

As halloween gift, we added an AI concept of the original torn image of "Rogue Fighter X" as a full blown tokusatsu show. You can find it here.

-The Cults & Kaiju Team

On this episode, we are introduced to "Rin" the supposed son of Jimmy Muzaki. Rin gives us his take on growing up in his Mother Emi's cult called "The Heavenly Path".

Rin will walk us through those early years of his life as he and his mother sneak out of Japan and move to America. Do some of the cult members come with them? Does the cult grow in both Japan and America? Tune in and discover more about Rin's bizarre childhood while he and Emi constantly live in hiding until an unexpected death in the family changes everything...

Tune in to episode 3: False Confessions. We interview "Mr. Isamu" a tv director who worked with the cult leaders Emi and Jimmy Muzaki back in the 70's in Japan. Mr. Isamu spent a lot of time with Jimmy and learned intimate details about Jimmy's chaotic childhood, and how it affected the group of drugged out kids in the woods, forming into a gang, and finally a larger cult with dangerous consequences.

Mr. Isamu paints a picture of Emi's obsession with power. Mr. Isamu actually tried to help cut a trailer for the kids show with a crazy story concept. Perhaps there is a clip of a trailer? Maybe there is actually a theme song for the Ultraman-type show?

And what happened to Jimmy Muzaki? This is where we start to realize there is a murder mystery in there waiting to be discovered...

In episode 2 entitled, 'Forgotten Heroes', we interview someone who worked at the Japanese ad firm back in the 1970's who tells us about a secret tokusatsu kids show in pre-production created by a cult entitled, "The Heavenly Path". Are there Kaiju in the show? What was the name of the Superhero? Find out and subscribe to the show as this mystery, deep-seated in mystery and horror, slowly unravels...

In Cults and Kaiju Episode One: "Ghost Protocol", host Trenton Payne stumbles upon a rabbit hole unlike any other when a mysterious stranger uploads a series of unsettling 1970s Japanese church recruitment films. What starts as a curious dive into vintage oddities quickly unravels into the chilling story of The Heavenly Path—a secretive cult that’s evaded detection for decades. Blending religious zealotry with mythology, this episode brings to light an organization that eerily blends faith, fear, and fantasy. Hidden for years. Exposed by accident. You won't believe what’s been lurking in the shadows.

Note: Reference Archival Footage Video 1:

"Heavenly Path Fox Witch Plans Explained"

"Recruitment Video for Heavenly Path, Reel #1"

"Recruitment Video for Heavenly Path, Reel #2"

In this episode, we take a close look at an old photo of "Rogue Fighter X" from the unproduced Tokusatsu show of the same name. Even though the photo is in bad shape after sitting in the bottom of a drawer for years, we remaster it to what we think is it's former glory.

Plus, we get to hear the original soundtrack to the show pulled from old reel-to-reel footage from one of our guests "Isamu." Thanks to him and everyone that worked on this episode.

To see the actual image, please view "Reference Video for Episode 4" by visiting:

https://www.youtube.com/@CultsAndKaiju

-Thanks!

-T and The Crew